Really liking all the little details Joe. Once you finish this you need to get back to "The Demon II"...I have been jonesing for that build to return LOL.

Thanks Gamera and Hunter.

BTW.............Hunter.....I just bumped the "Demon II" back up to the top. It'll be next.

Joe, god to se you back at this, very nice work on those. Are those AM.

Thanks Martin and yes sir they are AM. You can get them at Scale Auto Equipment.

The website: http://www.seltd.net/products.html

Too cool. Way too cool. They look great Joe.

Thanks Joe!!

Got the walls free standing now with nothing propping them up. The more I looked at the whole shop floor and walls , the more I felt the need to grime it up just a tad. I didn't want it nasty, just used somewhat. So I used some ground up black and a little brown pastels and rubbed in some brown to dirty it and smudged some in the window sill and framing for the dust effect. I hit the areas directly behind the work bench and on the sides of the door entrance with some rubbed in black pastel. I'll be working on the door and putting some other goodies on the walls in addition to panel close outs at the top and end edges of the walls as well.

Here's a top side view so far:

Looking good Joe.

mmthrax

Looking good Joe.

 

Oh the things I would do with a garage like that! 

Mopar Madness

Oh the things I would do with a garage like that! 

 

Ok folks. I've been rackin' my brain trying to figure out two of my problems with this build. First off , the floor was just too dang clean. I tried dirtying up the paper based flooring with ground up brown and black pastel rubbed into the flooring but it wasn't enough. As you all know, it would just rub off. Then my thoughts turned to some 1000 grit sandpaper.  . Now that............might just work. So I started on the first two rows of tile and lo and behold.........it was just what I wanted!!

You can see the difference between the first two rows and the rest of the flooring in the following photo:

So I sanded the whole floor and put some more "dirt and grime" on the walls:

This is also going to be an "inside" display with the only outside reference being seen through the window in the back of the shop so I had to put terminating ends on the sides and tops of the walls. I was at odds on how to accomplish that until this morning. I grabbed some black Evergreen styrene sheets that I had and started measuring, cutting and gluing.

Before:

and after (I'll be installing a door to hide the doorway wall innards):

Work will resume on Sunday when I get back from Houston. Stay tuned.........................................

Sure good to see you back at it, Joe.

Floor looks great. Good idea re the sandpaper.

The little aftermarket accessories are so cool, almost enough in themselves to get me interested in this genre/scale.

Thanks Greg. It’s great to be back at it. All I can say is don’t get bit by the automotive bug. Lol

If I do, I know at least I have a friend to help me along.

Whenever you’re ready brutha. 

Oh Yeah! That is looking marvelous Joe. Excellent call on the sanding to get the pastels to work. This is indeed going to be an excellent showcase for you gorgeous car models.

Thanks Joe. I've gotta say that this area of modeling has been some of the best fun I've had at the bench. It's like the ongoing modeling project that never seems to end.

Well fellas I've spent the week working on the base garage and have made some satisfactory progress. For starters I installed the door into the opening but it didn't look right without the door trim around the opening so I cut some Evergreen into strips, painted and cleared 'em, installed them and weathered them some without going overboard. I'll be doing this with the window opening as well. I also put together an old Chevy Truck advertisement into a picture frame by taping the photo onto the back of some clear Evergreen styrene and then masking and painting a frame onto the front of it. Getting back to the door I dirtied it up a bit and threw a couple of performance decals on it just to give the shop some character. Door handle and lock were painted with a Molotow Chrome pen and installed.

Lastly, I decided to throw something oddball in. In my office is a file cabinet with a fishing advertisement sticker on the side of it and I thought and decided I could throw it on the wall in between the shelves of my storage shelving that's going to go into that corner for a subtle addition to the shop.

Here's the sticker in my office:



Here's the shop after installing all of what I've talked about here this morning. Notice the sticker made into a decal on the wall as well.

Looks really good Joe.  Great progress. 

I need to learn how to do those tiny stickers and magazines.  

Well Shoot .

Nice looking space . Can I rent it for rebuilding my Ski Boat ? Your touches are definitely making this look more real , Everytime I check in .

Thanks Mark and T.B. I do appreciate the good word guys.

I thought that fishing sticker on the wall outside of a auto theme might jog things up a bit. Got a little more done and thought I'd have some fun today. I have more signs but was careful not to overdo it. The sign over the door made me laugh my ass off. Actually.................BOTH did. Look closely.

In the foreground are the Evergreen strips for the window trim. Gotta make some diagonal cuts in the ends in which to butt them together, prime and paint 'em up and get 'em on the wall still.

The new additions and touches are outstanding Joe. You certainly have an eye for the minute. I think you really did a fine job on the door and floor weathering. Looks very realistic. I believe you are having more fun with this than any other build I've seen you do. It shows.

Well ;

     The darned things looks like my Garage looks like that ( On the walls ) . Are you the one sneaking around .

Thanks Joe and T.B.

Well gang...............I started thinking about how I could go about the outside of the walls but didn't just want to put something directly over the walls because the window and door wouldn't be spaced in any plus it'd be really hard to cover what is already there without damaging the walls that I already have in place. So I came up with an idea.

I cut out a piece of plexiglass the dimensions of the walls and cut out the window area for the back wall and will cut out the door area for the side wall so that both items are spaced in from the outside of the walls.

Wall trimming in progress:

and the outside of the wall now covered in a textured brick pattern covering from Dollhouse Miniatures. I've still got a little clean up to do but you get the picture.

Been following this project Joe and it just keeps amazing me! A tiny weathered dust pan...really man!! That's too cool!

What's the size of those bricks? I'm interested in something like that for a project I want to start on.

Keep up the great work buddy!

Wow, coming along great! 

Love the brick texture and the linolium (sp!?!) floors.

rooster513

Been following this project Joe and it just keeps amazing me! A tiny weathered dust pan...really man!! That's too cool!

What's the size of those bricks? I'm interested in something like that for a project I want to start on.

Keep up the great work buddy!

 

Gamera

Wow, coming along great! 

Love the brick texture and the linolium (sp!?!) floors.

 

More wonderful ingenuity there Joe. That will certainly enhance your garage when you get it on.